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Memphis. It's a place where music isn't just played; it's created.
From that legacy comes Saliva. On the quintet's 12-song Island
debut, Every Six Seconds, Saliva bring the sturm und drang of
hard rock together with hip-hop, grunge and sheer, unbridled
mayhem, while still preserving the spirit and soulful intensity of its
forebears. Every Six Seconds, the name chosen by frontman
Josey Scott because life cycles seem to happen every six seconds,
is the sound of tradition beginning a new cycle and forging on into
the 21st century.
We were all after the same thing -- I can say that, says Scott, a
fourth-generation musician who, like most of the members of Saliva,
had established himself through years of service in the Memphis music
scene before forming the band. We were after something really
undeniable, sort of heavy and melodic. We were all in these bands
that were not getting our rocks off stylistically; we really wanted to
build great songs.

I think the main thing with us is the chemistry, guitarist Chris D'abaldo
says, explaining where the intensity and conviction in Saliva's music
comes from. We're a bunch of guys that love each other's company
and we are committed to making great music.
On first listen to Every Six Seconds, it's easy to be enveloped by the
crunchy, chugging riffs on opening track Superstar, the rap tinges on
Doperide, or the sheer brutality on Click Click Boom and Beg.
Repeated listens will reveal unrepentant popcraft, as evidenced by the
hopeful yet defiantly anti-sentimental Hollywood, and the anthemic
first single Your Disease. It's obvious that Saliva, with rock aggression,
hasn't forsaken the importance of a well-crafted song.

Sharing an ambition that wasn't equaled by the people they'd been
working with, Scott and D'abaldo, who came as a matched set, formed
Saliva in September of 1996. We were trying to find an opportunity to
do something that we were both really going to be pleased with and
where there weren't any egos involved, Scott says. We had our eyes
on something bigger.

Something bigger involved guitarist Wayne Swinny, who recalls his first
meeting with Scott: I couldn't believe what came out of this guy. The
beauty is that for all of his ability to rap and his hard-edge and his look --
he looks really aggressive and scary, almost -- when I saw him sit down
with an acoustic and play this beautiful, melodic stuff with great hooks
and melodies and incredible vocals, that really did it for me. I knew this
was a band that could so something really special.

Completed with the additions of drummer Paul Crosby and bassist Dave
Novotny, Saliva came together, About the name, Scott says, it's
controversial and different, and like it or not, you'll never forget it.

Within the first few months of its formation, the fledgling group entered a
Grammy Showcase competition sponsored by the National Academy of
Recording Arts & Sciences. Despite being an unknown act at the time,
Saliva -- which was among those chosen from 6,000 entries nationwide
won the Memphis competition in January 1997 and then came out
victorious in the semifinals, which were held in Austin, Texas the following
month. Next came the nationals in New York City, where the band were
finalist. We want the world every time we go out to do something, says
Scott. The band was thrilled that it had come from nowhere to make its mark.

The group chose not to rush into a deal, however, putting out a self-titled
debut independently that sold some 10,000 copies on a regional basis.
After signing with Island, Saliva hooked up with producer Bob Marlette
whom Scott refers to as the heavy metal guru -- for two months of
recording at A&M Studios in Hollywood.

The recent inclusion of the band on the Dracula 2000 soundtrack alongside
Slayer, Pantera, Monster Magnet, and Powerman 5000, announces Saliva's
arrival. Musically, Saliva may seem a million miles from Memphis, but like
Elvis, the band has forged a sound that's all shook up.